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4 local sustainable swimwear brands to check out before your next beach trip
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Remix artist: Meet street artist-turned-gallery superstar Tomokazu Matsuyama
Brooklyn-based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama is standing in the first of five airy chambers in his 8,000 square-foot studio high above Greenpoint, contemplating three monumental paintings that depict fashionable figures in lavish apartments. At first, the works’ clean yet whimsical lines evoke manga. In reality, though, these paintings collage fashionable imagery Matsuyama has copied from magazines, art history and more. The…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda co-wrote a concept album about ‘The Warriors’
Eisa Davis and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Photo by Jimmy Fontaine) In the 1979 cult classic “The Warriors,” members of a street gang from Coney Island are framed for the murder of a rival gang member the Bronx and must travel 30 miles across the city to get back to their Brooklyn stronghold. At the time, the studio hated it. Critics panned…
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What to know about Brad Lander
City Comptroller and longtime Park Slope resident Brad Lander announced Tuesday that he is running for mayor, challenging fellow Democrat Eric Adams. Lander, a well-known progressive, is the first Democrat to jump in the ring and take a rare shot at the incumbent. In a campaign launch video, he lambasted Mayor Adams, saying: “Nothing can replace New York City. But…
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‘Greatest gig in the world’: What it’s like to be Billy Joel’s saxophonist for 42 years
Rivera (Photo by Myrna Suarez) He performed at John Lennon’s last public show in 1975. He recorded on Foreigner’s biggest records. He was the musical director for Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, and this year, Mark Rivera celebrates 42 years as Billy Joel’s saxophone player — the Piano Man’s longest-tenured band member. Not too shabby for a Puerto…
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Erykah Badu set to headline Afropunk in Prospect Park next month
Afropunk is returning next month with superstar headliner Erykah Badu and a new location. The two-day festival, to be held at Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, will take place from August 24 and 25 in conjunction with BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Organizers said in a release that this year’s event is a “a celebration of the future of Black life,…
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La Flor on Classon is instantly one of Brooklyn’s best pizzerias
Giancarlo Villa, owner of the spanking new La Flor on Classon near the Brooklyn Museum, has spent a lot of years working in a lot of different pizza places around the city. When Villa was 18 he helped open Pronto Pizza in the Bronx, and then went on to pound the dough in spots you’ve heard of (Roberta’s, Upside) and…
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Caffe Panna, one of NYC’s best ice cream parlors, opens a huge outpost in Greenpoint
Caffe Panna, Hallie Meyer’s Roman-style “cafe-bar-gelateria” on Irving Place in Manhattan, was an instant hit when it first opened in 2019, with eager locals and destination ice cream fiends forming lines out the door for her constantly-changing selection of scoops, sundaes and affogatos. Just about every day there were new things to try here. And they were all great. It…
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MoMA PS1 kicks off its epic summer dance party series with queer nightlife icon Kim Ahn
For more than 20 years now the contemporary art museum PS1, so called because it’s housed in a magnificent old public school building in Long Island City, has played host to Warm Up, one of the best, most musically-diverse series of dance parties in town. This summer season kicked off on Friday night — it’s the first time the party’s being…
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A 15-Course, $100 Omakase spot opens in Williamsburg
There’s an omakase restaurant called Yoshino that opened in 2021 in Noho that’s supposed to be extraordinary. Dinner consists of 20 courses and costs $648, tax and tip included. It’s extremely unlikely you or I will ever be able to eat there. Last winter in Williamsburg, though, I ate at a place called Shota on South 3rd Street in Williamsburg,…
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